The Uttar Pradesh government has banned halal certified products in the state with immediate effect. This includes the production, storage, distribution, and sale of food, medicines and cosmetic items of such products.
This comes after police registered a case against a company and a few other organisations for allegedly exploiting people’s religious sentiments to boost sales by providing ‘forged’ halal certificates.
The case was registered at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on Friday on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shailendra Kumar Sharma, a resident of Motijheel Colony in Aishbagh.
The case has been registered against entities such as the Halal India Private Limited Chennai, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Halal Trust Delhi, Halal Council of India Mumbai, Jamiat Ulama Maharashtra and others for allegedly exploiting religious sentiments to boost sales by providing .
“Thus, Halal certification of food products is a parallel system which creates confusion regarding the quality of food items and is completely against the basic intention of the said Act and is not tenable under Section 89 of the said Act,” the order states.
The government also warned of strict actions against those who violate the ban. However, goods with Halal certification produced for export are exempted from the ban. The order came after the state government, earlier today, stated that the Uttar Pradesh police filed multiple cases against several firms for selling ‘Halal certified’ products using fake documents.
According to a statement issued by the state government, cases were registered against entities such as the Halal India Private Limited Chennai, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Halal Trust Delhi, Halal Council of India Mumbai, Jamiat Ulama Maharashtra and others for allegedly exploiting religious sentiments to boost sales by providing halal certificates to customers of a specific religion.
Source: DNA India
